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Sarah Larson / New Yorker:
Serial launches season two, focusing on the case of US prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl — “Serial” Season Two Is Here — This morning at 6 A.M., “DUSTWUN,” the first episode of season two of the “Serial” podcast, quietly made its début. It's the first chapter in a season-long exploration …
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Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook changes advertising policies for Instant Articles to let publishers include more ads in each article, and sell Facebook-only campaigns to marketers — Facebook Bends to Publishers, Tweaks Instant Articles Advertising — Publishers said restrictions made it too hard for them to generate revenue
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MediaNama, The Whip, Marketing Land, @jackmarshall and Adweek
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Max Mason / Sydney Morning Herald:
Facebook and Fairfax Media team up on Instant Articles
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National Business Review and mUmBRELLA
Dan Adams / Boston Globe:
Boston Globe announces $100K investigative journalism fellowship funded by companies behind the film Spotlight and First Look Media — Boston Globe introduces $100,000 ‘Spotlight’ fellowship — Inspired by the success of the movie “Spotlight,” The Boston Globe and the Hollywood companies behind …
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FishbowlNY, Variety, EW.com, @globemcramer, Talking New Media, Examiner Post, The Portland Phoenix, The Huffington Post and The Wrap
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Dutch pay-per-article startup Blendle to launch in US early 2016 as beta, is searching for an editor-in-chief — Blendle, the Dutch ‘iTunes for news,’ will launch in the U.S. early next year — Blendle, a Dutch “digital newsstand” that allows readers to pay by the article …
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Profile of Martha Nelson, chief of Yahoo media and ex-Time Inc. editor-in-chief, who faces challenges as Yahoo plans to spin off core assets — As Yahoo roils, Martha Nelson stays focused on media — When Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer hired former Time Inc. bigwig Martha Nelson over the summer …
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Elias Groll / Foreign Policy:
ISIS creates propaganda app with news reader functions to spread its message — Welcome to the Future of War: ISIS Has a Smartphone App — In YouTube videos depicting its rule, in Twitter messages spreading its ideology, and in chat rooms winning new recruits, the Islamic State …
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New York Times, @mike_giglio, @michaelssmithii, The Times, Metro.co.uk, Mirror.co.uk, NEWS.com.au, Tech Times and Stuff.co.nz
Richard Gingras / Accelerated Mobile Pages Project:
Google to start sending search traffic to AMP pages as early as February 2016, announces new partners including LINE, Viber, and Tango — Continued Momentum For The AMP Project — The AMP effort is building both momentum and speed. There has been significant progress not only since …
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Pinterest Engineering Blog, ZDNet, Adweek, The Next Web, WebProNews, Fortune, Marketing Land, Search Engine Land, Medium and VentureBeat
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Airbnb in talks with Hearst to launch new travel magazine, after its quarterly magazine Pineapple, launched in November 2014, ended after one issue — Here's What Happened to Pineapple, Airbnb's One-Off Print Magazine — Home-rental company is now in talks with Hearst for a joint venture
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@cjmaill, @themediaisdying, WWD and Fast Company
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
IAC Creates IAC Publishing with About.com, Daily Beast, Investopedia — Barry Diller would like to sell you a Web ad. — That's one of the motivations behind a corporate shuffle at Diller's IAC holding company, which is combining several of its websites into a new publishing unit.
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Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:
Iranian newspaper condemns media censorship in rare front-page editorial — Ettelaat editor urges President Rouhani to intervene against ban on reporting reformist figure Mohammad Khatami — Iran's Ettelaat newspaper has strongly objected to the state's ban on publishing the name or images …
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Agence France-Presse, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, THEAsiaN and New York Times
James Slack / Daily Mail:
Daily Mail Editor Paul Dacre urges UK government to back away from plans to curb the Freedom of Information Act — Freedom of Information Act MUST be protected, says Daily Mail editor — Mr Dacre made a submission to the Government's FoI commission in his capacity as chairman of the 2009 review of the 30-year rule
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Negotiations between Apple and TV programmers stalled over Apple TV because of disagreements on the mix of channels to be included in bundles — Why Apple Walked Away From TV (For Now) — Yes, Apple has walked away from the negotiating table with the TV guys, which means you won't be getting …
Oscar Williams / Guardian:
City AM says 25% of readers turned off adblockers during anti-adblocker software trial, plans larger rollout on desktop by Christmas — ‘Over a quarter’ of City AM readers turned off adblockers in trial — Financial freesheet to roll out pioneering anti-adblocking software by Christmas in move watched keenly by news publishers
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@richardwebbrez and @markismith50
CNNMoney:
Washington Post staffers and alumni mark last day in old building before they move three blocks to new offices — WashPo legends and a band march out of old headquarters — The Washington Post reporters and editors spent their last day in the building they have called home since 1950 with a mix of nostalgia and humor.
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